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Hi sidewinder, Here's the post your reffering too. It's not a really top notch fix as lead is soft and will quickly ware off. At the time I was thinking if a guy wanted to make the nicks not as noticable. My rod seals are still not leaking after 7yrs and about 150hrs of use with alot of chome damage towards the rod end that I didn't do anything to the rod other than smooth out the gouges with emery paper. Maybe Scott will explain what the finished product looks like on the stuff he's tried. Old post: If it's not tearing up the shaft seal then don't worry about it. I had a bent rod on my loader and straighten it and had alot of pits when when I got done. I got about 100hrs on the repair without leaks or ruining the new seal. If you need to resurface the rod then I would consider using lead. Wheel weights would work well. Lead is liquid at 500*f and applys well at 750*. I would make a jig for holding the rod horzonital. A couple pices of angle iron tack welded to the a steel bench would work with rod centers. Clean the rod surface with heat as you need to heat the surface to apply the lead. Wipe the rod with murtic acid while hot as this will make the lead adhear to the rod. Apply molten lead then use a rag while turning the rod too smooth out the lead in voids thus wipe off the access lead. When filled, then wrap the rod with a leather strap to a motor pully and use emery paper to finish. T_Bone
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